We Cannot Fall!!

I'll be completely honest; this week has been a complete blur in my head. But I did have a really fun day today. Sister Goodrich and I went to a place called Swan Falls. It's a big dam with really pretty mountains surrounding it. It was beautiful there and we had a great time.

I was reminded of the scripture Helaman 5:12 while we were there. If you don't remember the story, Nephi and Lehi are about to go out and be missionaries (like the best missionaries ever btw) and as they are going out they reminisce on some of the things their father Helaman taught them. One of them being this scripture;  "And now, my sons, remember, remember that it is upon the rock of our Redeemer, who is Christ, the Son of God, that ye must build your foundation; that when the devil shall send forth his mighty winds, yea, his shafts in the whirlwind, yea, when all his hail and his mighty storm shall beat upon you, it shall have no power over you to drag you down to the gulf of misery and endless wo, because of the rock upon which ye are built, which is a sure foundation, a foundation whereon if men build they cannot fall."

I love this scripture. Today as I was looking at it, the word "build" stuck out to me. Building takes work. The scripture doesn't ask us to just stand on the rock and then the storm won't have power over you. No. It says build. Work. Make a foundation and a home that you intend to stay in. Building also means you need tools. Heavenly Father didn't and doesn't expect us to create strong testimonies in the Gospel just by ourselves. He gives us many tools to build our foundations. He gives us the church and great teachers, seminary and institute classes, scriptures and prayer. We are given all these things so our foundations can be sure because temptation and storms and trial do come, but I know if we work and build our foundations little by little, day by day, "we cannot [and will not] fall".

I hope you have great weeks and are getting excited for General Conference. 

Sister Aase